Invertebrate eggs can fly: Evidence of waterfowl-mediated gene flow in aquatic invertebrates

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 274-280

  Figuerola, Jordi ^a   Green, Andy J ^a   Michot, Thomas C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal in fragmented habitats; Gene flow; Habitat colonization; Passive dispersal; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRYOZOA; CHEMISTRY; CLADOCERA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; WETLAND;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRYOZOA; CLADOCERA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH AMERICA; OVUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WETLANDS;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; BRYOZOA; CLADOCERA; CRISTATELLA MUCEDO; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA AMBIGUA; DAPHNIA LAEVIS; INVERTEBRATA; SIDA CRYSTALLINA;

EID: 13944260198     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427092     Document Type: Article

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